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it be Strongly recommended to all future stew- 

 ards, not only to prevent every jockey who has 

 been proved either to have created false starts, or 

 otherwise to have behaved unfairly, during the 

 race, from ever again riding at Doncaster ; but 

 that the master of these jockeys, if afterwards 

 proved to have been implicated in such transac- 

 tion, be prevented ever again starting a horse at 

 these Meetings." 



By order of the Stewards, 



J. Lockwood, Jun. 

 Clerk of the Course. 



Doncaster, 19th September, 1831. 



On New Years' Day, John Mangle, for many 

 years considered an excellent jockey, died at 

 Middleham, Yorkshire, in the 80th year of his age, 

 and in the enjoyment of an independence acquired 

 by his talents and unsullied integrity. He suc- 

 ceeded in carrying off the St. Leger no less than 

 five times ; viz : in 1780, 86, 87, 88, and 92. 



In June, the racing stud of the Earl of Sefton, 

 on his retirement from the turf, was brought to the 

 hammer, and realized 3,609 gs. 



On the death of George IV., some anxiety was 

 felt by the sporting world as to the degree of 

 patronage his royal successor would bestow upon 

 racing. This was, however, soon at an end ; for 

 although his late Majesty, WilUam IV., sold off 

 the horses in training, he determined to keep up a 



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